My friend, Mike, of Early Bird Home Services,got here about 9 this morning and we worked until 5, digging, raking, hauling, planting, toting, barging, something or other all day long. It was exhausting, and I don’t know how he does it. We (and when I say we, I really mean…
With all of this talk about the 640 million jackpot on tonight’s megamillion lottery, I have been thinking about all of the things I would want if I were to win. It’s fun to imagine new homes, travel, cloned Harleys and so on. But then I started to think of…
Try this. Go to Google Images. Type in the year of your birth. Nothing else. Hit Search. Take in a snapshot of the world as it was when you first arrived. When I tried it, I saw a world I didn’t recognize. What’s the saying? The past is a foreign…
Years ago, when Maverick was still with us and was about 9 years old, I taught him to fetch the paper from the top of the driveway. It wasn’t too hard, since he loved to play fetch, but it wasn’t easy either. It took 2-3 weeks for him to get…
Mom and Dad are doing some home improvement projects to go along with the new floors. That includes a couple of pieces of furniture from Ikea. Dad hates putting them together, and Mom isn’t all that fond of them, but I love it. To me, it’s like a giant, 3-D…
I like video games. I especially like roleplaying games that let you decide how to play the game. Games like Fable and Dragon Age are fun because you choose who your character turns out to be by the end of the game. Almost always in these games I choose the…
I have a good friend at work that some of you may know. I call him Billbur, and he’s a fellow rennie and a lot of fun. Yesterday we were talking and the subject came around, by accident, to the X-Files. He asked me if I was a fan and…
I don’t know how my weekend is going to go, but for now it looks like I’m going to be pretty busy. Mom’s floor is getting replaced and we are going to do some shopping for more home improvement stuff for her house. Somewhere in there I hope to see…
When I first got on the internet, I loved the anonymity. I could be anyone I wanted to be and I took full advantage of that, and I was hardly alone. Things have changed, and now it’s next to impossible to hide behind a cryptic username or anonymous email. Employers…
A rock hit my windshield this morning on the way to work. It must have been a big rock because it caused a one-inch hole with cracks webbing out as much as 6 inches around it. I called the insurance company even before I got to work and it’s going…
